Trish Fordham

Trish Fordham is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Brighton, where she has been serving since 2008. She previously held a position at Oxford Brookes University starting in 2000. At Brighton, she has served as module leader across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and became the Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy programme in 2014. She also holds an external position as External Examiner at the University of Plymouth since November 2017.

Her research interests span neurological rehabilitation, with a focus on mental practice, electrical stimulation, self-efficacy, and self-management in patients with acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury. She is also deeply engaged in enhancing student experience and engagement, particularly through research placements and curricular integration of volunteering to develop transferable skills in health professionals. She contributes to the evaluation of the Time for Dementia programme, aiming to improve dementia education in health training.

The available publication from 2022 highlights her interest in integrating students into active research projects, demonstrating a trend toward experiential learning and academic-practice collaboration in health professions education. Her work bridges clinical rehabilitation and pedagogical innovation.

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Trish Fordham is associated with the Experiences of Living with MND and Receiving Services in Sussex research team, contributing to research on motor neuron disease. Her work is closely aligned with educational development and clinical rehabilitation initiatives within the School of Health Sciences.